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Knights fall in football regular season finale

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 10/25/2018 - 8:35am

The Kingsland Knights football team was already hard at work over the long MEA weekend, preparing for the first round of the Section 1A playoffs. The No. 8 seeded Knights (1-7) were to head to No. 1 Seed Blooming Prairie (8-0) on Tuesday, Oct. 23, for a 7 p.m. kickoff, which was after this edition went to press.

The Knights ended the regular season on the road with a loss at Hayfield by a score of 40-12 last Wednesday.

Busy time for Knights as volleyball tourney starts next week

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 10/16/2018 - 10:47am

The Kingsland Knights’ volleyball team was busy last week, starting with splitting two regular-season matches during the week before heading to Apple Valley for a tournament on Friday and Saturday.

Knights return to field Wednesday for final regular season football game

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Tue, 10/16/2018 - 10:39am

Kingsland football coach Brent Stinson said his team “ran into a buzz saw” against Goodhue on Friday night, dropping the final regular-season home game to the Wildcats, 51-6.

The Knights were staring at the double-barrel of a team carrying the No. 9 ranking in the Class A top 10 with an even bigger dose of confidence than normal after a hard-fought win over previously unbeaten Rushford-Peterson the week before. The Knights are 1-6 overall (1-5 sub-district) with one game left in the regular season.

Several runners set PRs at Lewiston meet

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Fri, 10/12/2018 - 8:56am

The fall cross-country season is rapidly winding down for the Kingsland Knights, who had two meets on the schedule last week. The first meet was at the Chatfield Invitational on Tuesday, Oct. 2, followed by a bigger meet at in Lewiston, hosted by Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson on Thursday, Oct. 4.

The last regular-season meet is set for this Tuesday, with the conference meet set for Oct. 16 and the section meet to follow on Oct. 25.

Chatfield Invitational

Knights come from behind to record first football win

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Fri, 10/12/2018 - 8:51am

The Kingsland football team got over the hump and picked up its first win of the season on the road, beating Winona Cotter 33-30 on Friday night.

It wasn’t easy as the Knights fell behind early in the game 30-6. Second half adjustments and hard work got the Knights back into the ballgame late in the game. With two games left to go in the regular season, the Knights are 1-5 overall (1-4 sub-district).

Knights split season series with Houston in volleyball

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Fri, 10/12/2018 - 8:47am

The Kingsland volleyball team lost its only match of the week on Thursday night, Oct. 4, falling to Houston 3-0 (26-28, 22-25, 23-25).

Kingsland and Houston wound up splitting their two-game season series as both teams won 3-0 sets on the road. The Knights won in Houston (10-7, 7-3 SEC) on Sept. 11. Kingsland is 8-10 overall (6-5 SEC).

The statistics across the board for Kingsland last Thursday were pretty good in spite of the loss.

Kingsland offense comes alive, but miscues lead to loss

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 10/04/2018 - 10:43am

There’s a cliché in sports that says, “There’s a fine line between winning and losing.” That’s something the young Kingsland football team is learning as the season progresses.

The Knights dropped to 0-5 (0-4 sub-district) on the season after losing at home to Wabasha-Kellogg 46-26 on Friday night. Three Kingsland miscues led to 18 quick points for the Falcons (1-4, 1-4 sub-district) on a night when the Knights offense took a big step forward.

Knights bounce back for win in volleyball

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 10/04/2018 - 10:37am

The Kingsland volleyball team wound up with a split in two Southeast Conference matches last week, losing the first match to a conference powerhouse and then coming back to win its second match of the week two days later.

The Knights started with a 3-0 (8-25, 22-25, 12-25) loss at Mabel-Canton on Sept. 25, falling to 0-3 this season against the Cougars. Kingsland bounced back with a solid 3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-17) road win at Randolph in the only regular season match this fall against the Rockets. The Knights are now 8-9 (6-4 SEC East) on the season.

Kingsland runners closing in on final two weeks

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 10/04/2018 - 10:31am

The Kingsland cross-country teams had a busy week, starting off with a rescheduled meet at Pine Island on Monday, Sept. 24, before heading off to the St. Charles Invitational on Thursday for a meet that featured a larger number of teams.

There are two full weeks left to go in the fall cross-country season before heading off to the Three Rivers Conference meet on Oct. 16.  

Pine Island Invite

Knights winless at halfway point in football

Published by lniemeyer@bluff... on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 9:36am

The Kingsland football team is still looking for a consistent game from start-to-finish as the Knights dropped their fourth straight game to Fillmore Central 41-6 in Harmony on Friday night.

As has been the case this season, a couple key mistakes led to quick opponent points and the Knights were unable to mount any sort of comeback. With the loss, the Knights are 0-4 (0-3 district) at the halfway point of the football season.